Title: SiteCargo
Author: Khokan Sardar
Published: <strong>June 13, 2026</strong>
Last modified: June 13, 2026

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# SiteCargo

 By [Khokan Sardar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/khokansardar/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/sitecargo.0.1.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sitecargo/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sitecargo/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sitecargo/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sitecargo/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sitecargo/)

## Description

WordPress full-site-editing structure — patterns, templates, template parts, global
styles, and navigation — lives in the database. Moving _some_ of it from staging
to production today means either a full database sync (which is destructive to production-
only data like orders, users, and form entries) or tedious manual copy-paste.

**SiteCargo** packs exactly what you choose into a portable, reviewable bundle and
applies it to another site with stable identity, ID remapping, and media handling—
never touching the data you didn’t select.

It is currently a **WP-CLI tool** (an admin user interface is on the roadmap).

#### How it works

 * **Export** the entity types you choose into a self-describing bundle (a folder
   containing a manifest, one JSON file per entity, and the referenced media).
 * **Diff** a bundle against a target site to preview exactly what would be created,
   updated, or left unchanged — without writing anything.
 * **Apply** the bundle to the target: standalone posts (patterns, navigation) are
   matched by a stable identifier so re-applying updates the same item instead of
   duplicating it; templates, parts, and global styles are matched by theme and 
   slug. Numeric IDs baked into block markup (images, reusable-block and navigation
   references) are remapped to the target site, and referenced media is imported
   and de-duplicated by content hash.

#### Supported entity types

 * Patterns (`wp_block`)
 * Templates (`wp_template`)
 * Template parts (`wp_template_part`)
 * Global styles (`wp_global_styles`)
 * Navigation menus (`wp_navigation`)

Only templates/parts that have been customized in the database are exported; unedited
theme-file templates already ship with the theme.

#### External services

This plugin does **not** connect to any external service, send any data off-site,
or phone home. Bundles are plain files on your own server that you move between 
environments however you like.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `sitecargo` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install
    through the Plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
 3. Use [WP-CLI](https://wp-cli.org/) to run commands, for example:
 4. wp sitecargo export –all –dir=my-bundle
     wp sitecargo diff –dir=my-bundle wp sitecargo
    apply –dir=my-bundle –yes

Exported bundles are always written inside `wp-content/uploads/sitecargo/`; `--dir`
is the folder name, not an arbitrary filesystem path.

WP-CLI is required to use this plugin.

## FAQ

### Does this replace WP Migrate or a full database export?

No. SiteCargo is deliberately _selective_ — it promotes specific structure and content
and leaves everything else (orders, users, comments, options) untouched. Use a full
migration tool when you genuinely want to overwrite a whole site.

### Will applying a bundle create duplicates if I run it twice?

No. Applying is idempotent: patterns and navigation are matched by a stable identifier
stored in post meta, and templates/parts/global styles are matched by theme and 
slug. A second apply updates the same items.

### Does it move my media?

Yes. Referenced media is included in the bundle and imported into the target’s media
library, de-duplicated by content hash, with the relevant block markup (IDs and 
URLs) rewritten to point at the target’s copy.

### Is it safe to run on production?

Always run `wp sitecargo diff` first to preview changes, and keep a backup. This
is early (alpha) software.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“SiteCargo” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Khokan Sardar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/khokansardar/)

[Translate “SiteCargo” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sitecargo)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sitecargo/), check 
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/sitecargo/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sitecargo/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sitecargo/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1.2

 * Hardening: exported bundles are now always written inside `wp-content/uploads/
   sitecargo/`. `--dir` is treated as a folder name (path separators and `..` traversal
   are stripped) and can no longer point writes at arbitrary locations on disk or
   the plugin folder.
 * `diff`/`apply` resolve a bare `--dir` name against `uploads/sitecargo/`, while
   still accepting a full path to a bundle copied from another environment.
 * Namespaced all PHP under the unique `ItzmeKhokan\SiteCargo` prefix to avoid conflicts
   with other plugins and themes.

#### 0.1.1

 * Renamed the plugin to SiteCargo.
 * Exports now default to the uploads directory (wp-content/uploads/sitecargo/) 
   instead of the working directory; `--dir` still overrides.

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial release.
 * Export / diff / apply for patterns, templates, template parts, global styles,
   and navigation.
 * Stable cross-environment identity, block reference remapping, and content-hash
   media sideloading.
 * `diff` reports create / update / unchanged per entity.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.2**
 *  Last updated **1 day ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [block themes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-themes/)[deployment](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/deployment/)
   [full-site-editing](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/full-site-editing/)[migration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/migration/)
   [staging](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/staging/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sitecargo/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Khokan Sardar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/khokansardar/)

## Support

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